By Antonia Chiam
Online shopping is nothing new in this electronic age. Many brick-and-mortar businesses have long extended their presence into Cyberspace, while some businesses started off solely as virtual stores, allowing IT-savvy customers to buy things at a click of a mouse.
A recent phenomenon in online shopping is the flourish of 'blogshops'. These are run by individuals with no company alliance using their own resources. Personal websites, blog-hosting services like blogger.com or livejournal.com and even social networking sites like Facebook and Friendster are common platforms for these blogshops that sell various kinds of products, ranging from fashion to gadgets to crafts and others. Basically anything and everything, the only limitations being one's resources and creativity.
Fashion blogshops, or as some of them prefer calling themselves 'online boutiques', have been around in Singapore and West Malaysia for a while, gaining notable popularity in the past one year or so. Wear To Go! surfed into some recommended Malaysian blogshops to check out their fashion (mostly clothes) offerings.
IreneLim.com
http://www.irenelim.com/fashion
This is one of the established online boutiques in the country. The clothes are mostly sourced from within the country as well as Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. There have been a great number of positive feedback on Irene's service and product quality, as can be seen from some testimonials in the site itself. Price range is between RM30-RM90 depending on the products, which are mostly tops and dresses.
Clothes For Fun
http://clothesforfun.blogspot.com
This blogshop is back after being 'offline' for awhile. Living up to its name, it returns with a quirky layout with various outfits that are sure to add colours and fun to your day, whatever the occasion. From blouses to bags to bangles, there is much choice for everyone at fairly affordable prices. Also worth noting, this site was recently featured in female, Malaysia's leading fashion and beauty magazine.
Elegant Extravaganza
http://elegant-extravaganza.blogspot.com
Do not be put off by the minimalist design of this blogshop because it has very attractive offerings with equally attention-grabbing pricing. There are not many fashion blogshops where you can shop for below RM30 but here you can find bargains as low as RM10! From personal experience, this is THE blogshop for budget shopping, and best of all, you get good quality clothes.
Jessabella's Plus Size Stealz
http://jessabellapluzsizestealz.blogspot.com/
Plus-size friends often voice their difficulty in finding trendy clothes in this country of mostly petite people and physical stores tend to neglect the segment of full-figured customers. Blogshops like this one provide the solution to affordable and stylish plus-size fashion. Nothing more than RM40, claimed the blogshop owner Jessica. Please note the 'pluz' in the URL is deliberate and correct.
I'Adore Facebook Boutique
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kuching-Malaysia/IAdore-Fashion-Boutique/116356079543
This is a fairly new online boutique, operating from the popular networking site Facebook by two Kuching-based ladies. The Japanese and Korean import fashion are pretty popular, if the speed of items sold out or out of stock is any indication. They are slowly expanding their items so it is worth to join the Facebook Page to keep abreast of the latest updates. Most items are priced between RM30-RM45.
These are just a handful out of the possible hundreds of blogshops in Malaysia alone. Should you know of any noteworthy sites, do share the URLs or your blog-shopping experience with us atnews@easterntimes.com.my [Subject: Wear To Go!] as we love to hear from our readers. Happy shopping!
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